Since he hasn't yet received the stone from Daylight, showing that exact moment, Cao Pi is happy to tell the tale in his own words. "Battle, actually," he says with a smirk. "She had married into the Yuan clan, but her husband was dead. My father decided it was time to take Yuan Shao down a peg or two, and we clashed at Guandu. I quite literally ran into her on the field and we stared each other down a moment, before she persisted in fighting me. I managed to fend her off without harming her, and I admit from that moment I was smitten."

He paces a few steps away, lifting his head to bask in the glow of the aurorae. "I cornered her a second time near the close of the battle, as our forces breached Guandu Castle, and asked her on the spot to leave the Yuan and be my wife. Perhaps it was a terrible time to propose, but she agreed, so it worked out for the best."